Old House, East Hampton, L.I.
Artist
Childe Hassam
(American, 1859 - 1935)
Date1919
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions21 3/8 x 30 in.
ClassificationsOil Painting
Credit LineCharles and Elizabeth Buchanan Collection
Object number1989.25
DescriptionThe French Impressionists and their American followers preferred subjects from everyday events, still lifes, and landscapes executed in a colorful, cheerful style of hastily applied brushstrokes that focused on light as the element of paramount importance. Hassam, who had a long and productive career as a teacher and a painter, was among the first and most influential American artists to embrace Impressionism. He studied the optical theories of French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889) and used only the new paints in tubes. He also studied Japanese prints and experimented with the camera. "Old House" is a classic Impressionist painting of the artist's later period.On View
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